1820 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1820 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
	March 14, 1820
Governor before election; Samuel Bell; Democratic-Republican	Elected Governor ; Samuel Bell; Democratic-Republican

The 1820 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 14, 1820.

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Samuel Bell won re-election to a second term.

General election

The following candidates may not have been formally nominated and attracted only scattering votes.[1]

William Hale, Federalist, former U.S. Representative
Jeremiah Mason, Federalist, former U.S. Senator, Federalist nominee for Governor in 1818
David L. Morril, Democratic-Republican, incumbent U.S. Senator
George B. Upham, Federalist, former U.S. Representative, former Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

1820 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][lower-alpha 1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	Samuel Bell (incumbent)	22,212	89.67%
	Democratic-Republican	David L. Morril	599	2.42%
	Federalist	William Hale	596	2.41%
	Scattering		1,364	5.51%
Majority			21,613	87.25%
Turnout			24,771
	Democratic-Republican hold		Swing

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Some sources give slightly different results.[8][9] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

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